On Saturday, the personal data of over 533 million Facebook users were published in an online forum used by cybercriminals. “The exposed data includes personal information of over 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries. Including over 32 million records on users in the US, 11 million on users in the UK, and 6 million […]
An Instagram app that is 2MB and saves data for Africans? Facebook says ‘Yes’ A week ago, Facebook launched Instagram Lite in 170 countries, to give people low-cost access to “daily doses of connection and entertainment.” The image in their announcement features a woman with a hoe on her back and a man donning a […]
In a bid to improve safety on its platform, Instagram plans to prevent the exchange of DMs between adults and under-18 teens who don’t follow each other. Instagram will enforce this by improving its ability to identify a user’s age. The plan is to develop “new artificial intelligence and machine learning technology” to detect age […]
Facebook has begun rolling out new features that protect journalists in Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya and other countries from online attacks. Journalists who are Facebook users can voluntarily register with Facebook in order to receive safety and security features that help further protect their Facebook profiles. Facebook is also offering registered journalists the option […]
Facebook created Marketplace in 2016 as a platform for buyers and sellers within the same location to find each other easily. But the service was not available in Nigeria, until this week. Adaora Ikenze, Facebook’s head of public policy for Anglophone Africa, says the launch is in line with the company’s “ongoing efforts in helping […]
In the past few days, millions of Whatsapp users around the world received a notification saying that by February 8, 2021, its users must accept some new terms and privacy policies or stand losing access to their Whatsapp accounts. With around 2.5 billion users worldwide, WhatsApp is by far the most popular messaging app in […]